democracy

• A New Police State
• Harper, The New George Bush
• Being Canadian
• Harper to Appeal
• Powering Up the Vote
• Carol James Plea, Desperation or?
• Power Up Your Vote
• Alberta’s Human Rights Assault
• Without a Warrant
• ISPs, Tazers, RCMP, Warrants, Freedom
• The Terrorist Card.
• Harper’s Assault on Human Rights
• Harper’s Solution To Everything
• Walking Out Solves Nothing
• Vancouver Olympics & Opposition
• Harper’s Twisting of Truth
• Lives at Stake, or Political Backsides?
• Sign of the Times
• Should Voters Decide…
• Supreme Court Rules Against Khadr
• Smart Grid or Spy?
• Harper Conservatives Must Go

Everyone has heard about the ‘race card’ or the ‘religion card’ when used to attack a difference of opinion. Some claim it is racist to oppose someone of an ethnic origin, or that it is anti religious to object to religious groups that interfere in political issues. And then there is the ‘Terrorist Card’ that governments like George Bush played with extreme deftness, and dexterity.  Stephen Harper & his band of thugs are also pretty good at using it too.

It took a Supreme Court order to bring back a Canadian citizen from the Sudan. Took a public enquiry to get Arar an apology from the RCMP along with a cash settlement. It has taken a Court Order to also slap the wrists of the Government for its raid on a SUSPECTED TERRORIST HARKET.  Also a Court Order to bring back another Canadian Citizen who has been held in Gitmo since 2002, which is being appealed by Harper.

In a 24-page decision released Tuesday, Justice Simon Noel says the May 12 raid violated the Charter rights of Mohamed Harkat, an Algerian refugee whom the Canadian Security Intelligence Service accuses of having ties to terrorist organizations. ( CBC News )

Federal lawyers filed an appeal in Ottawa Tuesday of a court ruling that ordered the government to seek Omar Khadr’s return to Canada from Guantanamo Bay. ( CBC News )

It isn’t just the story that worries me, but the comments for each of these two stories, that detail the excesses of our Government, and it’s UNWILLINGNESS to protect our basic civil rights.

To begin with, all of the cases I have listed, Arar, Harknett, etc. are cases WHERE NO ACTUAL PROOF OF TERRORISM HAS BEEN FOUND. Even in the case of Khadr, a kid at the time, has no real evidence that proves he threw a grenade or not. In fact, evidence has been found, that shows that the suspicions against Arar were wrong, and that the one’s against the man in the Sudan were baseless.

In the case of Harknett, again, he has not been convicted, but is a  SUSPECT OUT ON BAIL.  The fact that he is under certain conditions, does not alter the simple fact, that he is not convicted of any crime.

YET PEOPLE ALREADY ARE WANTING TO END HIS LIFE, CLAIMING BLEEDING HEART LIBERALS ARE BENDING OVER TO PROTECT MURDERS & TERRORISTS.

Truth is, that until you know if a person is a murder, or a terrorist, and can prove it, you are delaing with an innocent person. That is the basics of our legal system, and yet so many seem intent on not just convicting these people, but demanding they be incarcerated or killed, without knowing the truth.

In fact, the Government prosecuting these individuals REFUSE to disclose the evidence against them, citing bogus National Security Issues. I mean come on, since when did SECRET TRIALS ever be DEMOCRATIC?   And how does opposing such tactics, make me a bleeding heart Liberal?

I believe in LAW, and being a minority, my life hangs on those RULES OF LAW. To listen to those complaining about insuring that Justice is followed is scary, because that is what leads to dictatorship, to anarchy. It is what HITLER DID IN GERMANY and these people need a reminder of just how that worked out.

I do not know if Harknett is guilty or innocent, nor do I know if Khadr is guilty or innocent, and it should be left up to a COURT OF LAW TO DECIDE NOT STEPHEN HARPER.  That is what makes this a democracy, the rights of individuals to be held above the rights of dictators, of Governments.   It may not be perfect, and yes, some who are guilty get away with their crimes, but what about those who are innocent?

Is it really better to have your mail opened without your knowledge? Is it really okay to not have any privacy on your internet journey?  All to supposedly catch a bad buy? How about being held in Prison for 3 1/2 years without seeing a court room based soley on someone’s suspicion that you are a bad person?

How would YOU feel if YOU were that person, and the sole reason you are being held is because your last name is FINKLESTEIN or because your skin color is BLACK, or you were seen leaving a MOSQUE?

Think about that, before you condemn Arar, Khadr, or Harknett.  Think about it, before you consider whether, or not, Stephen Harper is the kind of despot you want running your country?

THINK ABOUT IT FIRST, ABOUT WHAT IF SOME IMPERFECTION YOU HAVE, LIKE A BIG NOSE, A DIFFERENT SOUNDING LAST NAME, OR A DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION, BECOMES OUT OF FASHION TOMORROW & YOU ARE ACCUSED OF BEING WHAT YOU AREN’T. ALL BECAUSE OF SOME SUPPOSED SUSPICION.

 THINK ABOUT IT.